What years did Ryan Howard play?

Ryan Howard played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2016.

Was Ryan Howard a pitcher?

No. Ryan Howard was a position player (First Baseman).

How many home runs did Ryan Howard hit?

Ryan Howard hit 382 career home runs with 1,475 hits.

What teams did Ryan Howard play for?

Ryan Howard played for one team, the Philadelphia Phillies (2004–2016).

How many MVP awards did Ryan Howard win?

Ryan Howard won 1 MVP award, in 2006.

What awards did Ryan Howard win?

Ryan Howard won the MVP award (2006), the Rookie of the Year award (2005), and the Silver Slugger award (2006). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.

What were Ryan Howard's career stats?

In 1,572 games, Ryan Howard had 1,475 hits, 382 home runs, 1,194 RBI, 848 runs, and 12 stolen bases, with a .258 batting average.

What was Ryan Howard's salary?

Ryan Howard's last recorded salary was $25,000,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $25,000,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $355,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2015.

What position did Ryan Howard play?

Ryan Howard played primarily as a first baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Ryan Howard and how much did he weigh?

Ryan Howard was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 250 pounds.

How many home runs did Ryan Howard hit each season?

Ryan Howard's home runs by season: 2 in 2004, 22 in 2005, 58 in 2006, 47 in 2007, 48 in 2008, 45 in 2009, 31 in 2010, 33 in 2011, 14 in 2012, 11 in 2013, 23 in 2014, 23 in 2015, and 25 in 2016. His most in one season was 58, in 2006.

What was Ryan Howard's career batting average?

Ryan Howard batted .258 over his career, with 1,475 hits in 5,707 at bats.

How many RBI did Ryan Howard have?

Ryan Howard drove in 1,194 runs in his career.

Ryan Howard

First Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2004-2016)

Ryan Howard was a first baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2016 for the Philadelphia Phillies, a span of 13 seasons. In 1,572 career games, he hit .258 with 1,475 hits, 382 home runs, and 1,194 RBI. Ryan Howard was a 3-time All-Star, an MVP, a Rookie of the Year, an NLCS MVP, a Silver Slugger, and a Hank Aaron Award. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 19,167.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 24, 2026

AVG .258

HR 382

RBI 1,194

H 1,475

OPS .859

PIV 19,167

Position: First Baseman
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 250 lb
Born: 11/19/1979 in St. Louis, MO, USA
MLB Debut: 2004-09-01
Last Game: 2016-10-02
Awards: 3× All-Star · MVP · Rookie of the Year · NLCS MVP · Silver Slugger · Hank Aaron Award

Full name: Ryan James Howard

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Career Batting Statistics

Ryan Howard — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,572	5,707	848	1,475	277	21	382	1,194	12	709	1,843	.258	.343	.515	.859	19,167

Career AVG .258 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .343 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — +5.3% above league average.

Career SLG .515 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — +25.2% above league average.

Career OPS .859 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — +16.4% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ryan Howard Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2004	PHI	NL	19	39	5	11	5	0	2	5	0	2	13	.282	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	PHI	NL	88	312	52	90	17	2	22	63	0	33	100	.288	.264 (+9%)	.330 (+8%)	.418 (+35%)	.749 (+23%)	1331.7
2006	PHI	NL	159	581	104	182	25	1	58	149	0	108	181	.313	.269 (+16%)	.336 (+26%)	.431 (+53%)	.768 (+41%)	5509.3
2007	PHI	NL	144	529	94	142	26	0	47	136	1	107	199	.268	.268 (avg)	.335 (+17%)	.422 (+38%)	.758 (+29%)	3416.4
2008	PHI	NL	162	610	105	153	26	4	48	146	1	81	199	.251	.263 (-5%)	.333 (+2%)	.416 (+30%)	.749 (+18%)	2170.2
2009	PHI	NL	160	616	105	172	37	4	45	141	8	75	186	.279	.262 (+6%)	.332 (+8%)	.417 (+37%)	.750 (+24%)	3054.8
2010	PHI	NL	143	550	87	152	23	5	31	108	1	59	157	.276	.257 (+7%)	.325 (+9%)	.402 (+25%)	.728 (+18%)	1994.3
2011	PHI	NL	152	557	81	141	30	1	33	116	1	75	172	.253	.255 (-1%)	.320 (+8%)	.399 (+22%)	.719 (+16%)	1874.2
2012	PHI	NL	71	260	28	57	11	0	14	56	0	25	99	.219	.254 (-14%)	.318 (-8%)	.405 (+4%)	.724 (-1%)	-64.3
2013	PHI	NL	80	286	34	76	20	2	11	43	0	23	95	.266	.253 (+5%)	.317 (avg)	.396 (+17%)	.714 (+10%)	395.9
2014	PHI	NL	153	569	65	127	18	1	23	95	0	67	190	.223	.251 (-11%)	.313 (-1%)	.386 (-2%)	.700 (-1%)	-48.4
2015	PHI	NL	129	467	53	107	29	1	23	77	0	27	138	.229	.254 (-10%)	.316 (-13%)	.404 (+10%)	.721 (avg)	-145.4
2016	PHI	NL	112	331	35	65	10	0	25	59	0	27	114	.196	.255 (-23%)	.321 (-20%)	.417 (+9%)	.738 (-4%)	-321.5
Career · 13 seasons			1,572	5,707	848	1,475	277	21	382	1,194	12	709	1,843	.258	—	—	—	—	19,167

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ryan Howard — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
46	170	22	44	13	1	8	33	26	67	.259

Playoff Batting by Year

Ryan Howard — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2011	NLDS1	PHI	5	19	1	2	0	0	1	6	1	6	.105
2010	NLCS	PHI	6	22	1	7	4	0	0	0	3	12	.318
2010	NLDS1	PHI	3	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	.273
2009	NLCS	PHI	5	15	5	5	1	1	2	8	6	4	.333
2009	NLDS2	PHI	4	16	3	6	3	0	0	6	1	4	.375
2009	WS	PHI	6	23	3	4	2	0	1	3	2	13	.174
2008	NLCS	PHI	5	20	4	6	1	0	0	2	3	2	.300
2008	NLDS2	PHI	4	11	1	2	1	0	0	1	5	5	.182
2008	WS	PHI	5	21	3	6	1	0	3	6	3	9	.286
2007	NLDS2	PHI	3	12	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	7	.250

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Ryan Howard — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	772	2767	446	726	198	580	.262
Away	800	2940	402	749	184	614	.255

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ryan Howard — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2016-10-02	PHI	NYN	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2016-10-01	PHI	NYN	L	4	1	2	0	1	2	0	1
2016-09-30	PHI	NYN	L	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
2016-09-28	PHI	ATL	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
2016-09-27	PHI	ATL	L	3	1	2	0	1	4	1	1
2016-09-25	PHI	NYN	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2016-09-23	PHI	NYN	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2016-09-22	PHI	NYN	L	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0
2016-09-16	PHI	MIA	W	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	0
2016-09-13	PHI	PIT	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ryan Howard — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1477	1449	12351	828	119	1106

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ryan Howard — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2004	PHI	1B	8	5	59	6	0	9
2005	PHI	1B	84	79	707	40	5	53
2006	PHI	1B	159	157	1373	91	14	139
2007	PHI	1B	140	138	1191	103	12	124
2008	PHI	1B	159	156	1408	101	19	128
2009	PHI	1B	156	155	1300	95	14	109
2010	PHI	1B	139	140	1266	59	14	117
2011	PHI	1B	149	145	1282	70	9	110
2012	PHI	1B	67	66	495	30	5	37
2013	PHI	1B	76	74	618	42	1	55
2014	PHI	1B	141	141	1224	80	9	103
2015	PHI	1B	116	112	871	66	6	75
2016	PHI	1B	83	81	557	45	11	47

Career Games by Position

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Ryan Howard Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	1477
Designated Hitter	29

Awards & Honors

Ryan Howard — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2010	Player of the Week	Week of 2010-07-18
2009	NLCS MVP
2009	Player of the Month	August
2009	Player of the Week	Week of 2009-08-30
2009	Player of the Week	Week of 2009-05-30
2008	Player of the Month	September
2007	Player of the Week	Week of 2007-07-21
2007	Player of the Week	Week of 2007-09-29
2006	Hank Aaron Award
2006	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2006	MLB Players Choice Player of the Year
2006	Most Valuable Player
2006	Player of the Month	August
2006	Player of the Month	September
2006	Player of the Week	Week of 2006-09-02
2006	Silver Slugger	1B
2006	TSN All-Star	1B
2006	TSN Major League Player of the Year
2005	Rookie of the Month	September
2005	Rookie of the Year

Salary History

Ryan Howard's recorded salaries total $155,255,000 over 10 seasons, 2006 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Howard's career ran from 2004 to 2016. No salary is recorded for 2004, 2005, and 2016.

Ryan Howard — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2015	PHI	NL	$25,000,000
2014	PHI	NL	$25,000,000
2013	PHI	NL	$20,000,000
2012	PHI	NL	$20,000,000
2011	PHI	NL	$20,000,000
2010	PHI	NL	$19,000,000
2009	PHI	NL	$15,000,000
2008	PHI	NL	$10,000,000
2007	PHI	NL	$900,000
2006	PHI	NL	$355,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$155,255,000

College History

Ryan Howard — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Missouri State University	Springfield	MO	1999, 2000, 2001

Award Voting History

Ryan Howard — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2011	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	39.0	448	0
2010	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	50.0	448	0
2009	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	217.0	448	0
2008	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	308.0	448	12
2007	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	112.0	448	0
2006	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	388.0	448	20
2005	Rookie of the Year	NL	1st	109.0	160	19

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Ryan Howard: the record in brief

The profile opens with Ryan Howard's first major league game on September 1, 2004; the last one listed came on October 2, 2016. Howard spent the whole of the career shown here with one club, the Philadelphia Phillies. Howard is listed as a first baseman at 6'4" and 250 pounds. The bio says Howard threw and hit left-handed. The recorded birth is November 19, 1979, in St. Louis, MO, USA. Howard's full given name, per the bio, is Ryan James Howard.

Howard finished with 1,475 hits from 5,707 at bats in 1,572 games, which works out to .258, plus 382 homers and 1,194 RBI. On-base and slugging figures of .343 and .515 give Howard a career OPS of .859. Against a .260 league average for those years, Howard's .258 average was near the norm. The home run peak was 58 in 2006 with the Philadelphia Phillies. The hits column peaks at 182, in 2006.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ryan Howard

What years did Ryan Howard play?: Ryan Howard played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2016.
Was Ryan Howard a pitcher?: No. Ryan Howard was a position player (First Baseman).
How many home runs did Ryan Howard hit?: Ryan Howard hit 382 career home runs with 1,475 hits.
What teams did Ryan Howard play for?: Ryan Howard played for one team, the Philadelphia Phillies (2004–2016).
How many MVP awards did Ryan Howard win?: Ryan Howard won 1 MVP award, in 2006.
What awards did Ryan Howard win?: Ryan Howard won the MVP award (2006), the Rookie of the Year award (2005), and the Silver Slugger award (2006). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.
What were Ryan Howard's career stats?: In 1,572 games, Ryan Howard had 1,475 hits, 382 home runs, 1,194 RBI, 848 runs, and 12 stolen bases, with a .258 batting average.
How much did Ryan Howard earn in his career?: Ryan Howard's recorded salaries total $155,255,000 over 10 seasons, 2006 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Howard's career ran from 2004 to 2016. No salary is recorded for 2004, 2005, and 2016.
What was Ryan Howard's salary?: Ryan Howard's last recorded salary was $25,000,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $25,000,000, in 2014, and his lowest was $355,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2015.
What position did Ryan Howard play?: Ryan Howard played primarily as a first baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Ryan Howard and how much did he weigh?: Ryan Howard was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 250 pounds.
How many home runs did Ryan Howard hit each season?: Ryan Howard's home runs by season: 2 in 2004, 22 in 2005, 58 in 2006, 47 in 2007, 48 in 2008, 45 in 2009, 31 in 2010, 33 in 2011, 14 in 2012, 11 in 2013, 23 in 2014, 23 in 2015, and 25 in 2016. His most in one season was 58, in 2006.
What was Ryan Howard's career batting average?: Ryan Howard batted .258 over his career, with 1,475 hits in 5,707 at bats.
How many RBI did Ryan Howard have?: Ryan Howard drove in 1,194 runs in his career.